Bottle opener



L. BETHKE BOTTLE OPENER Aug. 4, 1942.

Filed March 29, 1940 50 Ben/6r.

Patented Aug. 4, 1942 UNITED STATS BOTTLE OPENER Leo Bethke, MelrosePark, Ill., assignor to Solar- Sturges Mfg. 00., Melrose Park, 111., acorporation of Illinois Application March 29, 1940, Serial No. 326,548

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a container or bottle opener, or moreparticularly to a bottle cap remover, for one-hand operation in theremoval of crown caps from bottles and similar containers.

It is an object of this invention to provide a one-hand operable fulcrumtype of opener for the removal of crown seals or caps from bottles orthe like and at the same time tending to obviate squirting of thecontents.

It is also an object of this invention to provide an improved type ofbottle cap opener or remover including a cap provided with a squirtobviating apron or bafiie formed with a cap flange engaging lip.

It is an important object of this invention to provide a bottle capremover including a squirt obviating cap including an edge contactinglip and having a downwardly deflected handle to make the devicesusceptible to one-hand operation.

Other and further important objects of this invention will be apparentfrom the disclosures in the specification and the accompanying drawing.

The invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawing andhereinafter more fully described.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 illustrates an elevational View of a bottle having an improvedbottle opener or cap remover, embodying the principles of thisinvention, engaged thereon;

Figure 2 is a slightly enlarged elevational view of the upper portion ofthe bottle showing the bottle opener in section with the gripping lip ortongue engaged under the rim of the bottle cap;

Figure 3 is a similar view showing the bottle opener handle swungdownwardly against the bottle with the cap elevated and showing theopener apron or bafile shield in position to obviate squirting of thebottle contents; and

Figure 4 is a bottom plan view of the bottle opener.

As shown on the drawing:

The reference numeral l indicates a bottle, the mouth of which is closedby means of a crown cap or cover 2 of the ordinary type.

The bottle opener or bottle cap-remover embodying the principles of thisinvention comprises a cap or hood constructed of metal or other suitablematerial and consisting of a substantially flat top 3, the inner surfaceof which is provided with a cap recess or depression 4. Integrallyformed on the cap top 3 is a deflecting apron or baffle shield 5 whichis deepest at the front and tapers upwardly and rearwardly toward therear of the cap to integrally merge with a shaped handle or lever B,which when the opener is engaged on the upper end of the bottle neckproject downwardly and outwardly away from the neck of the bottle, asclearly illustrated in Figures 1 and 2.

For the purpose of engaging or gripping the crimped rim or flange of thebottle cap 2, a lip or tongue 1 of arc shape is struck inwardly from thewide front portion of the opener cap deflecting apron or bafile shield 5at a distance substantially halfway between the lower edge of the apron5 and the top 3 of the opener cap.

When it is desired to remove a crown cover or cap 2 from a bottle I, thebottle opener is engaged with the opener cap seated on the bottle cap 2with the bottle cap projecting into the recess 4 and with the removinglip or tongue I projecting beneath the crimped edge of the bottle cap 2,as clearly illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawing. The bottle opener iscapable of onehand operation, and with the opener engaged as shown inFigure 2 it is only necessary to push downwardly on the handle to movethe handle toward the neck of the bottle with a fulcrum-like motion onone edge of the bottle cap thereby causing the lip or tongue I to swingone side of the bottle cap upwardly away from the mouth of the bottle.With the removal of the bottle cap 2 from the upper end of the bottle,as illustrated in Figure 3, it will be noted that the opener cap apronor shield 5 has the wide middle portion thereof so positioned thatsquirting oi the contents of the bottle is obviated or substantiallycurbed.

It will, of course, be understood that various details of constructionmay be varied through a wide range without departing from the principlesof this invention, and it is therefore not the purpose to limit thepatent claims hereon otherwise than necessitated by-the scope of theappended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A bottle cap opener comprising a cap top, a flared and tapereddeflecting apron integrally formed thereon, a gripper lip on theinterior of the apron for engagement beneath the flange of a bottle cap,and a shaped and deflected handle integral with the top and the ends ofthe tapered apron thereof and positioned to project downwardly andoutwardly from one side of a bottle neck on which the opener is engagedto facilitate one-hand operation of the bottle opener to cause removalof the bottle cap when the bottle opener handle is swung downwardlytoward the bottle.

2. A bottle cap remover or opener comprising a top member for seating ona bottle cap, a tapered squirt deflecting apron integrally formed on thetop member and projecting downwardly around the bottle cap and the upperend of the bottle neck, a lip member struck inwardly from the deepestportion of the apron and engaging beneath a, portion of the bottle cap,and a deflected handle integral with the top member and the apron andnormally projecting downwardly and outwardly from one side of the bottleneck to permit one-hand operation of the bottle opener by swinging thehandle toward the bottle neck and raising one side of the cap member tocause the lip member to remove the bottle cap and position the apronaround the open mouth of the bottle to deflect squirting of the contentsthereof.

LEO BETHKE.

